Research Assistant On Law and Human Vulnerability

4 weken geleden

Leiden, Nederland Universiteit Leiden Voltijd

Vacaturenr.

14928

Functie-categorie

Omvang (fte)

0,8-1,0

Extern/intern

Extern, Intern

Locatie

Leiden

Geplaatst op

4 juni 2024

Sluitingsdatum

30 juni 2024

**Research Assistant on Law and Human Vulnerability in Social Media 0,8 - 1,0 fte**
**Vacancy number 14928 for 18 months (December 2024-June 2026)**
eLaw, the Center for Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University, is looking for a Research Assistant with expertise in law and technology with an interest in digital vulnerability and platform regulation.

**What you will do**
As a Research Assistant at eLaw, you will advance the knowledge of human vulnerability in social media regulation, at the interplay of data protection, consumer protection, children’s rights and fundamental rights. In concrete, you will help a PostDoc researcher and a PhD researcher in the Leiden Law School to manage the project, conduct the interviews planned with different stakeholders and analyze gray information, help structure legal guidelines for the Dutch Government in RO2 and cooperate on RO1 and RO3 with two other postdoc researchers, one specialized in Human-Computer Interactions an Twente University (working on RO3) and another specialized in human rights and technology policy at Delft University and inHolland University of Applied Sciences (working on RO1).

In particular, we are interested in understanding how to implement and improve the existing legislation (DSA, AIA, GDPR, DMA and Consumer protection acquis) regarding the protection of fundamental rights of vulnerable users on social media, how to assess the impact on fundamental rights and how to create participatory best practices for industries and institutions.

Within this narrative, you will contribute to several ongoing activities, projects, and initiatives in our group at Leiden University, including:
**Key responsibilities**
- Project co-coordination, helping to organise workshops and related meetings.
- Assisting in research in vulnerability legal theories and social media regulation in the EU and fundamental rights law, at the intersection of data protection law (GDPR), platform regulation (DSA and DMA), consumer protection law, children’s rights and gender-based violence;
- Use legal design, a method that brings design thinking, user research, and human-centered design to deliver legal knowledge usable, useful, and engaging for different communities to work out a model supporting multi stakeholder recommendations for policy change.;
- Helping to prepare questionnaires, conducting interviews with affected stakeholders, and processing the outcomes in deliverables and publications;
- Disseminating academic results in leading international and peer-reviewed scientific journals and top-tier conferences;
- Communicating project results to the broader public in different formats, including blog posts, podcasts, media material, or art installations;
- Management and coordination tasks within ongoing projects and initiatives of the center;
- Expanding teaching experience by preparing some guest lectures in existing bachelor’s or master’s courses;
- Contributing to the team spirit of eLaw and of the Vulnerability Working Group.

**Where you will work**

The research objectives of RESOCIAL are:
RO1: Propose and validate a clear framework to measure risks and human vulnerabilities on social media platforms.
RO2: Analyse the gaps in the existing and proposed legislation on digital platform and formulate action perspectives for the Dutch Government, including Guidelines on platform regulation.
RO3: Propose and validate best practices that can lead to a Code of Conduct for Vulnerability on Social Media model

**What you bring**
- Knowledge in the field of law technology in the EU, as evidence through an LLM and/or equivalent work experience. Concerning the knowledge of EU law, education and/or work experience in the law of one of the Member States of the European Union is essential
- Strong interest in data protection law, platform regulation, digital vulnerability and relevant interest in AI regulation, consumer protection, competition law, children’s rights, gender-based violence;
- Experience with empirical legal research, including survey and questionnaire preparation, interviews, and data processing;
- Availability to work with multi-stakeholder and complex research teams, with external and international partners;
- Availability in submitting research proposals to grant organizations;
- Experience in working in multidisciplinary and/or international teams, including sensitivity and inclusiveness regarding cultural differences among staff and students;
- Enthusiastic and proactive, with excellent interpersonal and communication skills, spoken and written;
- Excellent team player and warm community builder;
- Excellent English, spoken and written. Command of other European languages, Dutch and Italian, is an advantage

**What we offer**

**Organisation**
**Leiden University**

**Department**

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